• "Rabbit Proof Fence" - a Movie by Phillip Noyce

     

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Published: 10.08.2003.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
  • Essays '"Rabbit Proof Fence" - a Movie by Phillip Noyce', 1.
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Rabbit Proof Fence is not a movie, but a tale. A tale of courage, a struggle against all
odds, and determination. But this is no movie, no fiction novel. This is a true story,
the journey and the hardships are true. This happened 70 years ago. But was the way
in which Philip Noyce, director of the film, re-created the account biased or un-biased
to the actual story? Was the film overly sympathetic to one colour or the other?
The story begins when the 3 Aboriginal girls, Molly, Daisy and Gracie are happily
living in a settlement near Jigalong depot. …

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